Resultados25 letters/passages
gregory_great · c. 594 · score 0.02
Whatever it was my duty to do in humility, I have not neglected. But if I am disregarded in my reproof, I will have no choice but to bring the matter before the Church. May Almighty God show you, brother, how great a love for you constrains me in saying these things, and how deeply I grieve in this matter -- not agains …
gregory_great · c. 591 · score 0.02
Gregory to John, bishop of Velitrae. Given the present dangers [the Lombard invasions that were making many Italian towns unsafe], the episcopal seat of your church is to be transferred to a more secure location. This decision has been made for the safety of the clergy and people and for the continuation of proper epis …
gregory_great · c. 590 · score 0.02
Book I, Letter 79 To Martinus, Bishop in Corsica. Gregory to Martinus. When people ask for what is just, we should listen with a willing ear, so that petitioners may find the remedy they hope for and the Church is not left without a shepherd's care. Since the church of Tanates [a town in Corsica], where Your Fraternity …
gregory_great · c. 593 · score 0.02
Gregory to Victor and Columbus, Bishops of Africa. We know from our own experience in this life how a disease, if neglected at its onset, gains strength. If it were met by skilled physicians at the start, it would be stopped before the far greater harm that comes from attending to it too late. Reason compels us, then, …
gregory_great · c. 602 · score 0.02
Gregory to John, Bishop of Ravenna. We are commanded by the Lord's precepts to love our neighbors as ourselves, and to share in their afflictions as though they were our own infirmities. Mindful of these commands, your fraternity, with fitting devotion, first showed compassion by visiting our brother and fellow bishop …
gregory_great · c. 601 · score 0.02
Gregory to Barbara and Antonina. Most beloved daughters, I received your Glory's letter -- written more in tears than in words -- and I am touched by no less sorrow than you feel for your father's illness. The law of charity makes your sadness my own. But even in the direst circumstances, we must not lose trust in the …
gregory_great · c. 594 · score 0.01
Was it not the case -- as you well know -- that the prelates of this Apostolic See, which by God's providence I now serve, were offered the title of "universal" by the venerable Council of Chalcedon? Yet not one of them ever accepted it or claimed this ill-advised name, lest by seizing the glory of singularity by virtu …
gregory_great · c. 594 · score 0.01
All that was foretold has come to pass. The king of pride draws near, and -- terrible to say -- an army of priests is being marshaled for him, since those appointed as leaders in humility have enlisted under the banner of pride. But in this matter, even if I said nothing at all, the power of Him who personally and uniq …
gregory_great · c. 595 · score 0.01
Gregory to Marinianus, bishop of Ravenna. The bearers of this letter, coming to us from the regions of Istria, desired, with the Lord's help, to be received into the unity of the Church. We received them with affection in praise of their desire, and after giving them an exhortation concerning the conversion they had ac …
gregory_great · c. 590 · score 0.01
Book I, Letter 33 To Romanus, Patrician and Exarch of Italy [the Emperor's chief military and civil representative in Italy, based in Ravenna]. Gregory to Romanus. Even without an immediate reason to write, we ought to stay in touch about your health and safety through regular correspondence, so we can hear the news we …
gregory_great · c. 591 · score 0.01
Book II, Letter 37 To Maximianus, Bishop of Syracuse [Gregory's trusted deputy in Sicily]. Gregory to Maximianus. I must write to your Fraternity about a situation that requires pastoral attention. We have learned that certain monks in the province of Sicily are wandering about without any supervision, neither observin …
gregory_great · c. 599 · score 0.01
Gregory to the lord Venantius, Patrician, and Italica his wife. With due affection, I have made inquiries of certain people who have come from Sicily about Your Excellency's health. But the report they gave me was a sad one, full of accounts of your frequent ailments. When I say this, I have nothing better to report ab …
gregory_great · c. 595 · score 0.01
Gregory to Candidus, priest, departing for the patrimony in Gaul. As you proceed with the help of our Lord God Jesus Christ to take charge of the Church estates in Gaul, I want you to use whatever funds you receive to purchase clothing for the poor and English boys of about seventeen or eighteen years of age who may be …
gregory_great · c. 595 · score 0.01
The deaths of your brother bishops Paulinus of Tauriana and his colleague have placed additional burdens on those of you who remain, and I write both to acknowledge this and to address it. The communities left without their bishops cannot wait indefinitely for replacements. I ask you, Venerius and Stephanus, to take pa …
gregory_great · c. 596 · score 0.01
Gregory to Innocentius, prefect of Africa. I have two feelings about your appointment as prefect of Africa, and I want to be honest about both. The first is genuine joy. I know you and respect you, and the knowledge that a man of your character and ability will be governing Africa is a source of real consolation. The p …
gregory_great · c. 594 · score 0.01
Gregory to the Emperor Mauricius. The generosity of my Lords, which has always mercifully sustained your servants, has shone forth here in so generous a supply that the needs of all who are weak and suffering have been relieved by your bounty. For this we all pray with tears to Almighty God -- who moved your Clemency t …
gregory_great · c. 590 · score 0.01
Book I, Letter 21 To Natalis, Bishop of Salona [modern Split, Croatia]. Gregory to Natalis. Your deacon Stephen delivered your letter of congratulations, and we received it gladly. A greeting offered with genuine warmth deserves to be believed as such, and it's right that a bishop should share in the joy of a fellow bi …
gregory_great · c. 590 · score 0.01
Book I, Letter 36 To Peter the Subdeacon [Gregory's delegate in Sicily]. Gregory, bishop, servant of the servants of God, to Peter the Subdeacon. The instructions I gave you when you departed for Sicily must be studied carefully. The greatest attention must be paid to ensuring that bishops do not involve themselves in …
gregory_great · c. 591 · score 0.01
The value of the farmland produce matters little to me if fraud is mixed in. If it comes to my knowledge that you are lax about this, you will be held responsible. Furthermore, I have learned that the Jews in Catania have been complaining that they were expelled by force from the site of their synagogue, which they had …
gregory_great · c. 601 · score 0.01
Gregory to Pantaleo, notary. We were expecting your diligence to render us a thoroughly detailed account of the silver belonging to the churches and whatever other property you found, so that from your report we might have been able to deliberate more precisely about what ought to be done. But your report did not infor …
gregory_great · c. 593 · score 0.01
Gregory to Pantaleo, Prefect of Africa. Your Excellency is well aware of how urgently the law prosecutes the detestable perversity of heretics. It is therefore no light sin if those whom both the integrity of our faith and the strictness of the laws condemn should find room to creep back during your administration. We …
gregory_great · c. 600 · score 0.01
Gregory to Dominicus, Bishop of Carthage. We have already learned of the devastating plague that has struck Africa, and since Italy is not free from the same affliction, our sorrows are doubled. Amid these evils and countless other calamities, dearest brother, our hearts would fail from sheer despair -- if the Lord's v …
gregory_great · c. 591 · score 0.01
Book II, Letter 32 To Peter, Subdeacon of Sicily [Gregory's chief estate administrator]. Gregory to Peter. From information received from Romanus the defensor [church legal advocate], I have learned that the convent on the farm of Monotheus has been wronged by our church at Villa Nova regarding a farm that was reported …
gregory_great · c. 590 · score 0.01
Give this matter your close attention, because if there is any shortfall in what is delivered, it will mean the death not of one person alone, but of the entire populace. As for the management of the Church patrimony in Sicily, I have sent -- under God guidance, I believe -- a man you will find yourself in complete agr …
gregory_great · c. 599 · score 0.01
Here begins the letter of Rechared, King of the Goths, addressed to the blessed Gregory, Bishop of Rome. Rechared to the holy lord and most blessed pope, Bishop Gregory. When the Lord in His mercy led us to break away from the impious Arian heresy, and the holy Catholic Church received us into her arms on the true path …